On Saturday, October 16, the Haunted Half Marathon will start and finish on campus. Traffic will be briefly affected the morning of the race in order to provide a safe race route. Vehicles exiting residence halls on the east side of campus will NOT be able to use Dixie Avenue and must exit through 9th Street only from 5 a.m. to approximately 11 a.m. The campus community is advised to avoid Dixie Avenue north of 7th Street the morning of October 16 if at all possible. Student residents are also advised that the start of the race will be signaled by ROTC firing the cannon at 7 a.m. Please contact University Police at 372-3234 with questions.
Category: General
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CAFÉ Conversations: Inclusive Teaching
Our next CAFÉ Conversations brings together representatives from the Accessible Education Center and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Join us on Monday, October 18th at 3 pm in Derryberry Hall 200 to learn about best practices for creating inclusive teaching environments and practical ways to make your classrooms more accessible with the use of instructional technology resources.
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Socktober – New Socks for the Homeless
Research shows that the number one requested item among the homeless population is new socks. TN Tech Residential Life’s Tech Wars Committee is partnering with the University Service Center to collect brand new socks for the month of October. The halls are competing to see who can collect the most.
These new socks will be donated to the Cookeville Police Department, PC Sherriff’s Department, Independence Again, Rescue Mission and other organizations that work with Cookeville’s homeless population.
If you are interested in donating to this cause, you can bring your donation by to the University Service Center, RUC 119 (just beside the information desk on the first floor, in the lobby)
We will collect for the entire month of October, so bring them in before the 31st.
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Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Colleen Mestayer, Oct 14, at 11 am SWH 145
Please join us on Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 11 am in Southwest Hall Room 145 to hear Dr. Colleen Mestayer, Lecturer in Communication. Dr. Colleen Mestayer has been at Tennessee Tech for the last 5 years where she teaches a variety of communication courses including Teamwork, Interpersonal Communication, Research Methods, and several courses in the new Event Planning Minor.
View live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/623429679029280/?ref=newsfeed
If you have an interest in the minors, Event Planning or Teamwork, or the Communication/Journalism majors, we highly recommend you mark your calendar for this event.
Pizza will be served!! Hope you can join us! Contact Jeannie Smith, jeanniesmith@tntech.edu, for information.
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CITL Small Group Instructional Diagnostic Opportunity
Small Group Instructional Diagnostic (SGID) Consultations are now available for Fall 2021! You can book your session any time between October 13-22, 2021. A Small Group Instructional Diagnostic (SGID) is a simple and straightforward evaluation process that uses structured small group discussions among students to provide confidential feedback to the instructor around the midpoint of a term. The benefit of incorporating a SGID into your course is that it allows you to receive feedback before the end of the term, so you can begin making adjustments. Don’t miss this opportunity to get feedback on your course and improve your end of course IDEA student evaluations.
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Sustainable Book Display in Volpe Library!
If you happen to find yourself in the Volpe Library this month, check out our Sustainable Book Display! This showcase is full of tips for going green and the significance of living eco-friendly. There is a book for all kinds of different interests, so celebrate this Sustainability Month by checking one out!
Find them to the left of the front desk. Only available during October!
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The College of Graduate Studies welcomes Lucinda Morabito to the team!
Please help us in welcoming Lucinda Morabito to the College of Graduate Studies! She will be helping assist with the admissions and graduation departments within our office. We are so excited to have her join our team!
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A History of Desegregation at Tennessee Tech University
Are you curious about when and how Tennessee Tech began racial desegregation? Check out the Tech Archives’ latest exhibit on the main floor of Volpe Library! “A History of Desegregation at Tennessee Tech University” interprets the context and early decades of Black students and employees at Tech, and connects their efforts with the activism of Black students today.
The exhibit includes a display of library books that cover themes in the exhibit. These books are available to be checked out or read in the library.
Accessible PDFs of the exhibit panels are available online here: https://tntech.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_b0132b51-961c-42ca-a799-e95252702952/
The exhibit is an abbreviated excerpt from a digital exhibit on the Black history of Tech. Check out https://tntecharchives.omeka.net/exhibits to explore more stories, photographs, and documents.
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TN Tech Food Pantry – Closed for Fall Break
The TN Tech Food Pantry will be closed Monday and Tuesday, October 11th and 12th. Our wonderful student volunteers will be on fall break. We will open back up, for our regular hours, on Wednesday morning, October 13th at 8am.
REMEMBER: We do have the auxiliary pantry in the library which is open all hours the library is open. You do not need to pre-register. You can just go by and grab whatever 10 items you need.
University Service Center – Tennessee Tech Food Pantry (tntech.edu)
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College of Interdisciplinary Studies Advising Info Session 10/7 @ 11 am
The College of Interdisciplinary Studies is holding an Advising Information Session on Thursday, 10/7/2021, at 11:00 am, in Southwest Hall room 145. Pizza provided while it lasts! Come learn about the advising process to prepare for Registration that starts the second week of November.